Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1887-05-27
A SCHEME WHICH MIGHT FAIL.


dian agency. 1t only pays 81 500 q
year, and the man Is said 10 be max.
ing $50, 5000 In his business. Itisn't
honor he's after that makes him anx.
ious for the drop in income, but the
expectation Of getting rich from own.
ing the site of the cities which will
spring up between Pierre and the
Hills and when the railroad goes
through. He explains that II be Sc
cures the agency he is going to have
control Of the town sites as follows:
An Indian agent having control of
the Indian police could keep settlers
of until the last minute, and thus give
favorites hold on town sites. The
man holding the Cheyenne rivef agen-
cy on the very edge Of the public do.
main would have exceptional sdvan.
tages. I have Joined some prominent
New York gentlemen with me and
have gone systematically to work TO
secure this agency.
We will suppose that the New York
commission gentleman gets the agen.
cy aud that the reservation is opened.
Now let Us look at him calmly and zee
how he 10 getting along securing con-
troll Of the town sites.
He walks out the next morning Of.
ter the reservation is opened, with
visions Of streak Of towns 200 miles
long, reaching across the prairie with
fifty corner lots to each town. II 10
clear. beautiful summer morning, all
nature smiles and the New York man
is happy. He is coming into what
rightfully belongs to him at last. He
gets out little and while rising up
from reaching stalk Of firewood with
which to pick his teeth, lie happens 70
notice something ahead of him. He
takes several looks and at last makes
out that II is the rear of the swarm Of
settlers who have moved to the reser.
walton during the night
The gentleman is somewhat sur
prised. and adjusts his white tie, puts
bis plug hat down over his ears and
whistles for his Indian police and
sets them on the crowd ahead of him.
He even leads on the attack. But IL
IL not altogether 30 successful as II
might have been. He finds the set
tiers going around each closely at
tached to double barreled shot gun,
and determined looh. They are very
slow to move, and be notices that they
are settling right down on all the land
in sight. including the locations for
towns aid everything else.
He snorts around for some time with
his Indian police, but they don't seem
to 20. At last he makes an attack on
small party who have gobbled one Of
his pet tow wnsites. Heis surprised to see
his Indian police light out for the
north pole and points beyond. He
leads on the charge alone and is met
with shot-guns, repeating rifles, pitch
forks, and hot water. He turns and
begins taking long steps toward his
New York commission hoise. About
this time he realizes that the settlers
are coming after him, and also that.
besides the guns and the pitchforks
and the hot water. they have added
sIx-shooters and Gatling guns. and old
brass cannons, and clubs, and fish
spears. and few old scythes.
And about every tive minutes he
will pass one of his prominent New
York gentlemen. !" who has jumped up
and inserted his head In q moose At
sAohsd TO . tree and appears TO be un-
able to extricate himself.
He will notice faint cloud Of dust
low down on the northern horizon
where his Indian police disappeared
and he will feel one OF the sturdy old
settlers whom he was going TO keep
Off until the last minute and thus give
favorites hold upon the townsites."
whacking him on the back with .
green hickory club, and every half
minute or 30 kicking him ahead about
fifty feet.
He makes very interesting specta-
Gle ss he tears along yelling for help
and cracking the tails Of sixty.dollar
dress coat on the cool and balmy air OF
western Dakota. He passes townsite
after townsite. each with the New
York "favorite" who went to get .
"hold upon IT," dancing and beckon-
ing for the earth 10 rise up about ten
feet and let him get his feet on it.
And every time he passss another
townsite he yslls little louder and
takes little longer steps.
And occasionally that relentless old
settler stops and gets another club.
!, And there lsu't much peace for thia
oommiasion man till he wades the